Applications for Ingeo 3D450 support material include complex industrial parts such as jigs and fixtures, patterns for investment metal casting, and architectural and retail models. Ingeo 3D450 is designed to work with the Ingeo 3D series of grades, including 3D850 and 3D870, which were developed for the professional printing market.

At printing speeds up to 100mm/s, Ingeo 3D450 prints and cools without warping.

The Ingeo 3D450 formulation can reduce or eliminate speed and buildability issues sometimes encountered with soluble support materials such as PVA or high-impact polystyrene (HIPS).

Compared to these soluble supports, Ingeo 3D450 has a longer and more stable shelf life, dramatically reduced moisture sensitivity during printing, and reduces the need for post-processing with its clean break-away from a build. The new grade is compatible with large format printers, and 3D450 avoids the size constraints encountered with needing to submerse a build.

Several partners including MatterHackers, Voodoo Mfg., and Titan Robotics beta-tested the new grade with noted positive results.

Titan Robotics will demonstrate Ingeo 3D450 on its new Atlas hybrid filament and direct pellet extrusion print machine during the Additive Manufacturing Users Group Conference and Tradeshow (AMUG) in Chicago.

NatureWorks is an advanced materials company offering a broad portfolio of renewably sourced polymers and chemicals. With performance and economics that compete with oil-based materials, naturally advanced Ingeo polymers are valued for their unique functional properties and used in products from coffee capsules and appliances to tea bags and 3D printing filament.

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